alehouse

[ eyl-hous ]

/ ˈeɪlˌhaʊs /

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noun, plural ale·hous·es

[eyl-hou-ziz]. /ˈeɪlˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a tavern where ale or beer is sold; bar; pub.

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Origin of alehouse

before 1000; Middle English, Old English. See ale, house

Words nearby alehouse

alectryomancy, alee, alegar, Alegrete, leg up, a, alehouse, Aleichem, aleichem shalom, Aleixandre, Alekhine, Aleksandropol

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How to use alehouse in a sentence

They quickly agree to desert and trudge across the titular field to an alleged alehouse.
‘A Field in England’ Is a Psychedelic Cinematic Trip|Andrew Romano|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After that Wilson spent his days in the alehouse, until he got delirium, and died half starved at the age of seventy.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
Her father, who was not in the best circumstances, did not show me much attention, and I was obliged to lodge at an alehouse.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete|Jean Jacques Rousseau
There are two public houses open to the poorer citizens—the Alehouse and the Workhouse.
The Law and the Poor|Edward Abbott Parry

For if the rich have by their laws made a mess of the alehouse, what about the other public-house—the workhouse?
The Law and the Poor|Edward Abbott Parry
Having no objection to this, we left the house together, and were soon comfortably seated in the warm corner of an alehouse.
Beggars|W. H. (William Henry) Davies

British Dictionary definitions for alehouse

alehouse

/ (ˈeɪlˌhaʊs) /

noun

archaic a place where ale was sold; tavern

informal another name for pub

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